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FESTUS (KMOV.com) – The Missouri Highway says a man got away with $6,000 worth of merchandise from two home improvement stores in November.

Investigators say the man used a fake i.d. and fake checks at the Hoods Discount Home Center in both Festus and Farmington. Police say the incidents occurred on Nov. 19 and Nov 20.

“If he's going to do it again, that's fine, he going to get caught,” said Sgt. Al Nothum of the Missouri Highway Patrol. “But if he's done it before we may be able to match this person with some other crimes like this.”